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Rank, trace and determinant in Banach algebras

M.Sc. (Mathematics) / Determinants have been present since the very beginning of functional analysis. The determinants of in nite matrices were investigated for the rst time by the astronomer G. W. Hill in his studies on lunar theory. These ideas were then made exact by H. Poincare in 1886. Ten years later, H. von Koch polished and generalized Poincare's results. In 1903, I. Fredholm provided groundbreaking research into the development of a determinant theory for integral operators ...

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uj/uj:13567
Date23 April 2015
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis
RightsUniversity of Johannesburg

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